Question on: WAEC Literature - 2018
Who lied in the chapel
Now lies in the Abbey
The dominant device used is___________-
A
Paradox
B
Pun
C
Chiasmus
D
Zeugma
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Correct Option: B
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
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